As drones increase in importance to military operations, African tech entrepreneurs want to show that they can build an industry…
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AI is being used to analyze data related to a wide range of threats such as unregulated fishing, banditry and…
Sahelian terror groups are expanding their reach and influence, conducting large-scale attacks across huge swaths of territory in the junta-led…
When Civicus, a South Africa-based alliance of civil society organizations from around the world, recently added Burkina Faso to its…
Analysts often say that creating economic growth is a key counterterrorism tool in regions where terrorists recruit new members. Across…
Boko Haram’s first female suicide bomber killed herself and a Nigerian Soldier in 2014 at a barracks in Gombe State.…
Across the Sahel landscape, an old security feature is returning: fortified barriers. Inhabitants of rural towns are building rings of…
Terrorist groups increasingly are targeting roads, communities and commercial hubs within a 10-kilometer radius of mines in the Sahel, according…
Tuareg herders Ousmane Ag Sidi and Abdoulwahab Ag Mahamad were working in and around Zahro, a village on the Niger…
The Nigerian government’s Terrorist Prevention Act reclassified violent bandit groups, criminal gangs and kidnapping syndicates as terrorists in 2022. The…